I remember reading Disney Adventures Magazine in the 5th grade. Jonathan Taylor Thomas (who I watched on Home Improvement every day but haven’t thought about until this moment) made some kind of joke about people stuffing him in a locker in middle school. That was the start of my anxiety and panic attacks about middle school,...CONTINUE READING

I live in a relatively small town. I called every therapist could find online, by word of mouth, and in the yellow pages–7 in total. One of them returned my call. I’m on her waiting list. But then I found a mental health clinic that had therapists who weren’t listed anywhere. The therapist read me questions...CONTINUE READING

When you have anxiety, depression, and panic attacks, I’m not sure how long is a reasonable time to wait before getting help from someone who knows what they’re doing. I’m fairly certain that 24 years was too long. I was 8. Gabriel Zapata’s birthday party. There was some idiot older kid who wanted to blindfold himself and...CONTINUE READING